How to Optimize a Black Box

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From	Seima Rao <seimarao@gmail.com>
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Subject	How to Optimize a Black Box
Date	Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:22:56 +0530
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Hi,

    In our software development process, we decided that we will
    be using Open Source libraries as a plug-in into our software.

    Permissive licenses like BSD, MIT & Apache allow us
    some freedom in redistributing the code for commercial purposes.

    However, when cutting across licensing options, one is often
    held due to a library(Open Source) as a black box.

    Since we are plugging in a third party library, at some point
    of time in the future, we envision visiting it to optimize
    starting with the hotpath and then meandering into
    the visible items in a profile.

    My question is how do we start at all in optimizing a black box ?

    Because these open source initiatives have become synonymous
    with business (someone using them for commercial purposes) in
    many countries, I suspect that many have felt the need to
    "peek inside" as well as "work from the outside".

    Can anyone help ?

    p.s. Rewrite is an option but still ...

--
Sincerely,
Seima Rao.
[I don't understand the problem.  With every open source licence I've
ever seen, if you can use the code at all, you've got the source code
and you can recompile it and optimize it. -John]

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How to Optimize a Black Box Seima Rao <seimarao@gmail.com> - 2017-03-24 12:22 +0530
  Re: How to Optimize a Black Box Kaz Kylheku <336-986-7787@kylheku.com> - 2017-03-24 20:51 +0000
  Re: How to Optimize a Black Box George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2017-03-24 22:05 -0400

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